title: Spontaneous elevation of a ping-pong fracture: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Depressed skull fractures compromise 7-10% of the children admitted to hospital with a head injury. Depressed skull fractures that occur in children younger than 1 year are different from those found in older children. In neonates and infants, a depressed fracture forms an inward buckling of the bones forming a 'cup shape', termed a 'ping-pong fracture'. In neonates, spontaneous elevation of a ping-pong fracture after birth trauma is well documented. However, in infants, spontaneous elevation of a ping-pong fracture following head injury is extremely rare. Here, we present the case of an 11-month-old child, in whom a ping-pong fracture was spontaneously elevated within 2 h. In addition, the relevant literature is reviewed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Department, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sorar
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fesli
authors.forename: Bora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gürer
authors.forename: Hayri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kertmen
authors.forename: Zeki
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sekerci
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D020204:Skull Fracture, Depressed / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*